Kennedy broadens vaccine advisory panel’s role to focus on risks
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, April 9 (Reuters) – U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday issued a new charter for a CDC vaccine advisory committee that expands the role of the panel to include a
Renewable energy advocates make gains in fight over future of big Arizona power utility
PHOENIX (AP) — Renewable energy advocates in Arizona made gains against a business-backed slate in a fight over how the nation’s largest public power utility will meet fast-rising electricity demand in a data center hot spot. However,
Judge rejects plea agreement in case of missing Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay
PHOENIX, AZ (AP) — A federal judge in Phoenix has rejected a plea agreement that would have allowed a man who admitted to beating a Navajo elder and leaving her for dead to avoid more prison time.
Evers signs a law legalizing online sports betting in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill into law Thursday that legalizes online sports betting, making it the 33rd state to allow the practice. But gamblers in Wisconsin will have to wait months
Louisiana GOP races to eliminate an elected office won by an exonerated man
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man imprisoned for nearly 30 years before being exonerated won a landmark election in New Orleans promising to fix a judicial system that failed him. Now, Louisiana’s Gov. Jeff Landry and the
USTR’s Greer sees no changes in data rules that bar Chinese vehicles from US
By Nora Eckert and David Shepardson WARREN, Michigan/WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s administration does not plan any changes to a crackdown on vehicle hardware and software
Trump administration guts rules targeting toxic coal plant ash
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed weakened rules governing the safe disposal of ash produced by burning coal. Those regulations were strengthened under the Biden administration as part of a wider crackdown on pollution from coal-fired
Universities of Wisconsin regents cite disputes over AI and other topics in president’s firing
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Leaders on the board that oversees the Universities of Wisconsin rebuffed the fired system president’s claim that he was “blindsided” by their decision to oust him, telling lawmakers Thursday that he was slow
Well-timed bets on Polymarket tied to the Iran war draw calls for investigations from lawmakers
NEW YORK (AP) — Calls are increasing inside Congress for investigations into the prediction market platform Polymarket after the latest instance where groups of anonymous traders made strategic, well-timed bets on a major geopolitical event hours before
Melania Trump delivers statement at White House denying ties to Epstein and knowledge of his crimes
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump is denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein and knowledge of his crimes, saying Thursday that the “stories are completely false” and calling online accusations that she was somehow involved “smears about